[ I Remember The Night Well, Even Though It Was A Long
Long Time Ago ]
[ I Decided To Take A Chance On A Dr. That I Did Not Know ]
[ He Was The Camp Dr., For The Week, That We Were There ]
[ I Watched How He Interacted With The Other Campers ]
[ & How He Gave Care ]
[ I Did Not See Him Set A Broken Bone Or Diagnose A
Brain Tumor ]
[ But I Thought That He Was Very Personable ]
[ & Had A Great Sense Of Humor ]
[ I Continued To Observe ]
[ & See If He Had A Steady Nerve ]
[ Everybody Seemed To Like Him ]
[ & He Them ]
[ So After One Of The Evenings, Entertainment One Night ]
[ I Got Up The Courage ]
[ To Get Over My Fright ]
[ I Went Up To Dr. Peffley ]
[ To See ]
[ If He Could Be A Dr. For Me ]
[ So I Took On The Task ]
[ To Hide How Nervous I Was ]
[ As I Stepped Towards Him To Ask ]
[ (WOULD YOU BE MY REGULAR DOCTOR?) ]
[ I Did Not Give Him Another Choice ]
[ Like Saying (OR) ]
[ He Looked @ Me @ First, With An Expressionless Face ]
[ Then He Said The Most Memorable (5) Words Back ]
[ (YOU ARE A COMPLEX CASE) ]
[ For The Record ]
[ That Comment Stumbled Me For A Second ]
[ It Would Have Been Awhile ]
[ If Dr. Peffley Hadn’t Been Standing There Now, With A Big Smile ]
[ Then He Asked (BUT YOU HAVE SPECIALISTS ALREADY
IN PLACE, RIGHT?) ]
[ He Seemed To Understand My Plight ]
[ So Started A Longtime Dr./Patient ]
[ Relationship ]
[ Dr. Peffley’s Practice Has Gone Through Several Changes
Through The Past Couple Of Years ]
[ Having Him For My Doctor, Has Eased Many Fears ]
[ I Still Don’t Want To Bother Him @ Odd Hours Of The
Night ]
[ I Guess I Am Old Fashioned & I Don’t Think That Is My Right ]
[ Dr. Peffley Is Always Accurate With His Diagnosis &
Quick With The Joke ]
[ When I Say That He Is The Best Doctor, That I Have Ever Had ]
[ I Am Not Blowing Any Smoke ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(931)▪︎[ The Man In The Mirror … 11•4•2021 ]
[ Sometimes When You Look In The Mirror You Feel Like You See
An Imposter ]
[ You Look In Your Phone ]
[ But Don’t See His Name On Your Roster ]
[ Who Is This Much Older Man That You See? ]
[ Why Is He Here? ]
[ In Your Mirror? ]
[ You Don’t Know Who The Man Could Be ]
[ He Kind Of Looks Familiar ]
[ He Is Much Older ]
[ & Looks Kind Of Peculiar ]
[ He Is Kind Of Slumped Over, So He Is Shorter Than You ]
[ Your Favorite Color Is Pink ]
[ But This Guy Looks Good In Blue ]
[ His Face Is Unshaven ]
[ & His Hair Is Uneven ]
[ There Is No Sparkle In His Eyes ]
[ The Wrinkles In His Forehead ]
[ Say That He Has Been Told Alot Of Lies ]
[ But There Is Something About This Man That You Can Trust ]
[ When He Gives His Word, He Means It ]
[ & He Can Easily Adjust ]
[ To Any Problems ]
[ That Are Thrown @ Him ]
[ But This Man Looks Tired Beyond His Age ]
[ If He Ever Chose To Write His Autobiography ]
[ It Would Be Page After Page ]
[ Of Deep Thoughts ]
[ About Being In Tight Spots ]
[ He Would Be The Type Of Guy Who Could Sit & Drink A Coke ]
[ He Does Not Drink Coffee & Has Never Smoked ]
[ He Seems Like A Soft Spoken Man, Who Carries A Big Stick ]
[ He Stands By His Friends ]
[ Even When The Air Gets Thick ]
[ He Is Always There To Give You A Poke ]
[ With A Funny Joke ]
[ His Features Soften In Time ]
[ You Wonder What This Man Looked Like In His Prime ]
[ His Eyes Seem Like They Are In A Faraway Gaze ]
[ As They Are Trying To Adjust To The Haze ]
[ Then Your Alarm Goes Off & You Jump Out Of Your Bed ]
[ You Run To Look In The Mirror ]
[ & You Can See That Man Was You, Many Years Ahead ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(477)▪︎[ It Was Nice To Meet You … 6•8•2021 ]
[ Oh Dani, Dani, My Dear Friend Dani ]
[ Seeing You In The Roth’s Parking Lot ]
[ Was So Uncanny ]
[ Out Of The Many Supermarkets Around ]
[ Meeting Up With You ]
[ & Your Boo ]
[ Made The World Seem So Small ]
[ In This Big Town ]
[ Would It Ever Be The Same ]
[ Again ]
[ Since You Could Not Remember Your Man’s Name ]
[ It Would Be Hard To Forget ]
[ The Noble Name, Roosevelt ]
[ I Hope That It Did Not Lead To An Argument Or A Small
Fight ]
[ When You Got To Wherever You Called Home On That Night ]
[ Sir Roosevelt Seems Like A Good Looking & Mild Mannered
Man ]
[ I Can See That When You Want Something Done ]
[ I Would Say (ROOSEVELT CAN) ]
[ He Seemed Calm In My Eyes ]
[ I Know That You Would Never Put Up With One Of Those
Obnoxious, Much Younger, Guys ]
[ Then From What I Heard ]
[ From The Other Night/Day Here ]
[ You Got Over Your Phobia Of That Dreaded (C) Word ]
[ Now A (C) Word Can Vary, From Every Girl & Lady ]
[ I Do Know For A Fact There’s A (C) Word That You Would
Not Go Near ]
[ & That Would Be (CRAZY) ]
[ Your (C) Word (COMMITMENT) Used To Be Your
Kryptonite ]
[ From What I Saw In That Parking Lot ]
[ You & Roosevelt, Seem Pretty Tight ]
[ There Is One Thing About You That I Hoped That You
Would Share With A Nice Man Before You Got Too Old ]
[ & That Would Be Your Huge Heart Of Gold ]
[ I Am So Glad To Meet The One Guy ]
[ Who Caught My Daughter Dani’s Eye ]
[ I Feel Very Sure ]
[ That Sir Roosevelt Can Take Care Of Her ]
[ I Have Become Close To Ms. Dani Over These Last 2½
Years ]
[ Not Seeing Ms. Dani Find A Good Man, Was Always One
Of My Biggest Fears ]
[ So This Is Where I Will End This Poetic Story That Rhymes ]
[ It Was Nice To Meet You Sir Roosevelt ]
[ & Ms Dani, It Is About Damn Time ]
[ With Deepest Regards ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(486)▪︎[ Women All Around Me … 6•12•2021 ]
[ Right Now I Am Drowing In Estrogen ]
[ Since When? ]
[ Since Now ]
[ Okay, Oh WOW! ]
[ The Sound ]
[ Of Loud ]
[ In Every Direction ]
[ But I Don’t Feel Like I Have Any Sort Of Connection ]
[ Connection Physically ]
[ Or Mentally ]
[ Or Emotionally ]
[ Their Style Of Talk ]
[ Makes Me Want To Take A Walk ]
[ Through The Years I Have Learned ]
[ To Not Even Show The Slightest Sign Of Concern ]
[ The Subjects Fly Quickly Over My Head ]
[ I Will Let The Female Next To Me Answer The Hard Questions
Instead ]
[ There Are Secrets Being Said & Being Shown ]
[ Showing Photos Of Things I’ve Never Known ]
[ Comments, Snide Remarks & Cutdowns Are Being Thrown
Across The Bed ]
[ If I Don’t Duck My Head ]
[ The Cutdowns That Were Said ]
[ Might Hit Me Instead ]
[ Of Course, Everyone That I Have Met ]
[ Are Set ]
[ To Be The Targets ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(493)▪︎[ One Time, On A Band Trip … 6•15•2021 ]
[ This One Time On A Trip With My High School Band ]
[ When We Went To Canada ]
[ To Play In A Parade On Canadian Land ]
[ Our Buses Traveled All Through The Day Until It Was Very Dark ]
[ We Arrived @ Our Hotel ]
[ But Now We Had To Find The Space Where All Of Our Buses
Could Park ]
[ As We Walked Through That Hotel Door ]
[ It Hit Me That I Have Never Been To Canada Before ]
[ We Stood In The Lobby In A 2×2 Line ]
[ Some Of Us Weren’t Wearing Any Shoes ]
[ But I Had On Mine ]
[ When We Got Checked In ]
[ I Guess That Was When Everyone Thought That The Fun Would
Begin ]
[ & Our Band Instructor Would Have Flipped His Lid ]
[ If He Ever Found Out What A Bunch Of Us Did ]
[ When We Went Out To Dinner There Were About 20 Tables All
In A Row ]
[ When I Looked @ The Menu ]
[ It Was Written In A Language That I Didn’t Know ]
[ The Language Turned Out To Be French ]
[ For Uneducated Students In Different Languages ]
[ That Made As Much Sense ]
[ As When You Need The Use Of A Hammer ]
[ & Then Someone Hands You A Wrench ]
[ So Back To The Subject @ Hand ]
[ They Brought All Of Us Menus ]
[ In The One Language We Could Understand ]
[ A Couple Of Tables Around Me Had The Same Hunch ]
[ That Niether The Band Instructor Or Any Chaperones
Were Anywhere In The Bunch ]
[ We Ordered Our Dinners & Then The Waiter Asked Us
( WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK … ) ]
[ ( WITH THAT? ) ]
[ That Really Made Me Think ]
[ & Scratch My Head When I Took Off My Hat ]
[ I Felt Put On The Spot ]
[ So I Turned It Around & Asked ( WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? ) ]
[ It Then Became A Huge Problem ]
[ Because He Served Us Several Rounds ]
[ & Them ]
[ & Them & Them ]
[ We Found Out Rather Quickly That Canada Did Not Have
A Drinking Age Like The United States Does ]
[ This Was Not Any Kind Of Holiday Or Celebration ]
[ We Were Drinking Just Because ]
[ We Did Not Care ]
[ That The Wait Staff Made This Error ]
[ Nobody Could Believe The Size ]
[ Of The Receipt ]
[ Because It Came Out Itemized ]
[ Everyone Hoped & Was Scared ]
[ That Someone Who Did Not Drink ]
[ Would Make The Adults Aware ]
[ When It Came To Be Time To Turn In For The Night ]
[ The Good Part Of That Was … ]
[ There Were No Adults In Sight ]
[ It Seemed That Nobody Talked ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(912)▪︎[ Your Last Chance To … 10•29•2021 ]
[ If You Were Ever Given One Last Chance To … ]
[ What Would You Do? ]
[ Would That Make You Panic? ]
[ So Bad That You Would Have To Go To The Clinic? ]
[ For A Headache? ]
[ Or Upset Stomach? ]
[ Why Wouldn’t You Be Aware ]
[ That You May, Or May Not Be Prepared? ]
[ Jump In Line Or Be The First To Get The Sign-Up Sheet ]
[ Then Buy A Soda ]
[ & Something To Eat ]
[ But Do Not Whine ]
[ If When You Come Back ]
[ You May Not Be The 1st In Line ]
[ But How Do You See ]
[ What That (LAST CHANCE TO …) Would Be? ]
[ To Be A Fool ]
[ To Ask (THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY) Person From High School? ]
[ Out On A Date? ]
[ Why Did You Wait? ]
[ To Interview For Your Dream Job, Finally ]
[ When You Look In To The Future ]
[ Is That What You See? ]
[ How About The Last Chance To Apologize For Something
You Have Done ]
[ The Last Chance To Run? ]
[ Away From Some Problems That Had Enveloped You ]
[ Which May Or May Not Have Been Your Fault ]
[ Or True ]
[ Do You Have The Chance To Sing A Song On A T.V. Show? ]
[ You Had Kept It A Secret ]
[ But Now Everyone Will Know ]
[ Your Last Chance To Show Fidelity To A Loved One ]
[ Then Come To The Realization ]
[ That Life Is Not Filled With Immature Actions & Fun ]
[ It Could Be Your Last Chance To Quit Your Harmful Vices ]
[ When Your Behavior Is Not The Nicest ]
[ It Could Be That There Are Relationships To Mend ]
[ & Reputations To Defend ]
[ What If The Last Chance ]
[ Was To Be The Father & Daughter Dance? ]
[ @ Your Only Daughter’s Wedding Reception ]
[ After Alot Of Negotiations ]
[ & Deep Conversations ]
[ Because She Isn’t Actually Your Daughter, But She Played
The Part ]
[ So She Became Near & Dear To Your Heart ]
[ You Never Want Anything To Become Your Last
Chance To … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(911)▪︎[ Could You? … 10•29•2021 ]
[ To My Beloved Wife ]
[ There Is One Huge Favor That I Want To Ask Of You, Right
@ This Moment, In My Life ]
[ What I Ask Of You, Is That You Out Live Me, For @ Least A Day ]
[ Because Then I Wouldn’t Have To Find A Way ]
[ To Live My Life Without You In It ]
[ Because I Treasure Every Minute ]
[ That We Are Together ]
[ We Have Persevered, Through All Kinds Of Issues & Weather ]
[ Every Couple Has Their Ups & Downs, Here & There ]
[ But When The Problems Raise Their Ugly Heads ]
[ We Help Each Other, Because We Care ]
[ I Don’t Want To Live Without You By My Side ]
[ I Have Never Wanted To Take That, Solo Ride ]
[ We Have Already Gone Through So Many Chapters In
Our Book ]
[ We Have So Many More Chapters Ahead Of Us, If You Want
To Take A Look ]
[ Life In My (60’s) Is Fast Approaching, You See ]
[ Father Time Has Yet To Beat Me & Force Me To Take A Knee ]
[ Sometimes, I Do Almost Feel Beat ]
[ When I Am Standing On My Own (2) Feet ]
[ That Is When You Come Near Me & Offer Me A Seat ]
[ I Don’t Have The Energy That I Had When I Was In My Youth ]
[ But I Am Old Enough & Honest Enough To Tell You
The Truth ]
[ I Have Always Wanted, Needed For Me To Go First ]
[ I Could Never Get Over The Site Of You In A Hearse ]
[ You Adapt Much Better Than I Have Ever Had To ]
[ If You Were To Go First, I Would Not Have A Clue ]
[ In What To Do ]
[ I Try To Not Ask You Of Very Much ]
[ & I Know That This Big Of An Ask, Is Much More Than Asking
You For Lunch ]
[ But I Have A Hunch ]
[ That You Do Not Like Talking About Such & Such ]
[ I Have Never Liked When I Wake In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ & You Are Not To My Right ]
[ That Would Send My Mind Reeling ]
[ Because You Know That I Never Liked That Empty Feeling ]
[ My Insides Would Be So Torn ]
[ If It Was You, That I Would Have To Mourn ]
[ Could You Easily ]
[ Do This Favor, For Me? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(123)▪︎[ No Sleep, Again! … 2•6•2021 ]
[ Another Restless, In & Out Of Sleep Kind Of Night ]
[ You May As Well ]
[ Sit Up, Grab Your Phone & Write ]
[ So Many Words That Are On Your Mind ]
[ If You Were In Need For An Alcoholic Drink ]
[ It Wouldn’t Be Wine ]
[ You Know That It Sells ]
[ But It Is Not Your Thing ]
[ & You Don’t Even Like The Smells ]
[ It Smells Horrible ]
[ To You ]
[ It Tastes Terrible ]
[ To You, Too ]
[ You Can Not Even Remember The Last Time That You Took A
Taste ]
[ You Look @ It Like This ]
[ If You Took Even The Shortest Minute Of Time To Try To
Convince Yourself To Like It, That Would Be A Waste ]
[ You Never Thought That Something That Would Help You
Escape ]
[ From Your Problems ]
[ Would Be Smashed & Fermented Grapes ]
[ Your Brain Doesn’t Work Like That ]
[ You Don’t Ever Want To Feel Numb ]
[ Under Your Hat ]
[ You Feel That You Are Way Too Fickle ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ With A Brain That Is Pickled ]
[ You Actually Feel That If You Were Constantly Tripping On
Level Ground ]
[ It Would Not Tickle ]
[ Bruises On Your Knees ]
[ & Holes In Your Jeans ]
[ So You Figured Out A Long Time Ago ]
[ Alcohol Has Never Fixed Your Needs ]
~ The End ~
[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
i kahi hopena ]
[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(101)▪︎[ Some, Well Maybe Alot, Never Change … 1•30•2021 ]
[ They Say That The Only Thing Better Than Making
Dollars ]
[ Is Making Change ]
[ The Only Way To Make People Hollar ]
[ Is To Take What They Consider Important Priorities, Then
Rearrange ]
[ Rearrange The Order ]
[ So It Makes Them Say In A Recorder ]
[ That They Have Nothing But Disorder ]
[ They May Confuse Order With Respect ]
[ They Never Want Changes ]
[ Because That Is Something That Happens That They Would
Never Expect ]
[ Order Is Something That You Hope Things Will Get In ]
[ Right From When Things Start To Begin ]
[ People Do Not Like It When Others Changes Things ]
[ Especially When They Are As Important As Queens & Kings ]
[ Change Only Happens Over Time & Through Alot Of Words
Being Said ]
[ So Others Can Feel Secure As Things Sink Into Their Head ]
[ Some Never Change & Remain As Stubborn ]
[ & Unwilling ]
[ As The Day That They Were Born ]
[ Then Things Never Change With Them ]
[ Or ]
[ For Them ]
[ & They Can No Longer Ignore ]
[ That Is Their Biggest Problem ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(903)▪︎[ What Grows In The Earth … 10•26•2021 ]
[ When The Corn Grows Ears & The Potatoes Grow Eyes ]
[ Does That Mean Your Garden Is Telling You Lies? ]
[ Does That Mean That Your Garden Is Lying ]
[ Or Is That Mean That Your Garden Of Vegetables Are
Dieing? ]
[ You Never Want Your Garden Hurt ]
[ You Don’t Want Their Season To Be Curt ]
[ That Would Mean Very Little Produce ]
[ & Then You Could Think (WHAT IS THE USE?) ]
[ It Is Nice To Eat Something Straight Out Of The Earth ]
[ After Planting Everything ]
[ You Could Exclaim (HEY LOOK, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WORTH) ]
[ It Is Not Like You Have Alot Of Acres Of Crops ]
[ But You Can Eat What You Plant ]
[ So Others Should Give You Your Props ]
[ Growing Something From Nothing ]
[ Sure Seems Like Something ]
[ You Should Be Thankful That You Have Food To Eat ]
[ & A House Where You Could Sit Back ]
[ & Put Up Your Feet ]
[ Each Person Should Have Their Own Individual Things That
They Are Thankful For ]
[ It Could Be (2) Or More ]
[ It Should Not Take A Holiday In November To Be Thankful For
What We’ve Got & Who Is Around ]
[ & Then Have Christmas Coming To Town ]
[ The Holidays Have Lost Their True Meanings Because Of The
Almighty Dollar ]
[ Every Year It Gets Earlier & Earlier To Yank On The Thanksgiving
Holiday By The Collar ]
[ Everything Got Lost ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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